From 8b3133851faad8fef048f4ecf35dbcc76073321f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Krishna R. Sampath" Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:21:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Fix spelling and grammar errors in decision-making.md --- decision-making.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/decision-making.md b/decision-making.md index e0ba4a4..6e4d735 100644 --- a/decision-making.md +++ b/decision-making.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ #Decision-making -There are at least two popular aproaches: -* Do-ocracy is an organizational way where every individual chooses own role and/or task and does it autonomously or in a team. But accontability sticks to actor who implement task/role but not who is officially assigned. - * The main advantages of this approach: big motivation and rapid implementation. +There are at least two popular approaches: +* Do-ocracy is an organizational methodology where each individual chooses his/her own role and/or task and does it autonomously or in a team. In this model, accountability sticks to the actor who implements a task/role, not who is officially assigned. + * The main advantages of this approach: big motivation and rapid implementation. * Disadvantages are burn out of team core. -* Consensus is an organizational approach where decisions are made by agreement of a whole group of actors. - * Benefits are sustainibility and deep understanding tack and roles by each member of collective. - * Drawbacks: Very time consuming and not flexible. +* Consensus is an organizational approach where decisions are made by agreement of a whole group of actors. + * Benefits are sustainability and deep understanding tack and roles by each member of collective. + * Drawbacks: Very time-consuming and not flexible. **Option: The better way is to combine the methods. From 3d47957f5b176e85462ccd1f2b701ac41a44aa35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Krishna R. Sampath" Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:52:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add Parliamentary Procedure to the list of decision-making methodologies detailed here --- decision-making.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/decision-making.md b/decision-making.md index 6e4d735..4b120de 100644 --- a/decision-making.md +++ b/decision-making.md @@ -1,15 +1,39 @@ #Decision-making -There are at least two popular approaches: +There are several popular approaches to decision-making, some of which are detailed here: * Do-ocracy is an organizational methodology where each individual chooses his/her own role and/or task and does it autonomously or in a team. In this model, accountability sticks to the actor who implements a task/role, not who is officially assigned. - * The main advantages of this approach: big motivation and rapid implementation. - * Disadvantages are burn out of team core. -* Consensus is an organizational approach where decisions are made by agreement of a whole group of actors. - * Benefits are sustainability and deep understanding tack and roles by each member of collective. - * Drawbacks: Very time-consuming and not flexible. + * Advantages: + * Fosters a culture of participation and motivates community members to take on responsibilities for the good of the group. + * Can lead to much more rapid implementation, as there is little in the way of process to curtail progress on tasks. + * Allows those who want to accomplish something to simply start working toward their goals. + * Disadvantages: + * Burnout of team core, especially when people volunteer for too many jobs/tasks. + * If some key contributors volunteer for a large portion of the tasks, they may begin to resent others for not contributing as much. + * Some may volunteer to perform a task without the required expertise to complete it, yet there may be no mechanism for taking the volunteer off that self-assigned task. +* Consensus is an organizational approach where decisions are made by the unanimous agreement of a whole group of actors. + * Advantages: + * Reduces social hierarchy, as all members' votes are required to progress forward. + * Increases participation by all members of a group. + * Imposes a natural limit on risky or controversial changes. + are sustainability and deep understanding tack and roles by each member of collective. + * Prevents minority viewpoints within a group from being overrun. + * Disadvantages: + * Extremely time-consuming, as a single dissenter can prevent forward progress. + * Difficult to overturn previously-made decisions as members who espoused those ideas initially may be unwilling to recant. + * Can cause social pressure on all participants to reach quicker decisions, paradoxically resulting in some groups speeding too quickly toward decision-making. + * Parliamentary Procedure is a highly organized system of decision-making, governed by a fixed set of rules (such as Robert's Rules of Order). + * Advantages: + * Highly structured set of rules governs discussion, preventing personal attacks and the like from becoming commonplace, and reducing ambiguity. + * Generally requires a quorum of members present, to prevent the risk of a clandestine meeting held to push through a small group's agenda. + * Majority voting provides a clear, objective way to measure when a decision has been reached when a question is called to a vote. + * Disadvantages: + * Minority viewpoints can be overridden by votes, leading to a situation where an unscrupulous majority group could seize complete control over the body. + * Discussion can become interrupted by the process moving too quickly to a vote. + * People may feel less personally invested in the outcome from the other two systems (especially where they voted against the decision that was reached). -**Option: The better way is to combine the methods. ##References * https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do-ocracy * https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus +* http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/ConsensusDecisionMaking +* https://communitywiki.org/wiki/ParliamentaryProcedure From 8ff6d827c44c5d2a3bab143d45fde12927264094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Krishna R. Sampath" Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 11:26:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix paragraph spacing and leftover line raised by @joelhed --- decision-making.md | 19 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/decision-making.md b/decision-making.md index 4b120de..c845d71 100644 --- a/decision-making.md +++ b/decision-making.md @@ -15,21 +15,20 @@ There are several popular approaches to decision-making, some of which are detai * Reduces social hierarchy, as all members' votes are required to progress forward. * Increases participation by all members of a group. * Imposes a natural limit on risky or controversial changes. - are sustainability and deep understanding tack and roles by each member of collective. * Prevents minority viewpoints within a group from being overrun. * Disadvantages: * Extremely time-consuming, as a single dissenter can prevent forward progress. * Difficult to overturn previously-made decisions as members who espoused those ideas initially may be unwilling to recant. * Can cause social pressure on all participants to reach quicker decisions, paradoxically resulting in some groups speeding too quickly toward decision-making. - * Parliamentary Procedure is a highly organized system of decision-making, governed by a fixed set of rules (such as Robert's Rules of Order). - * Advantages: - * Highly structured set of rules governs discussion, preventing personal attacks and the like from becoming commonplace, and reducing ambiguity. - * Generally requires a quorum of members present, to prevent the risk of a clandestine meeting held to push through a small group's agenda. - * Majority voting provides a clear, objective way to measure when a decision has been reached when a question is called to a vote. - * Disadvantages: - * Minority viewpoints can be overridden by votes, leading to a situation where an unscrupulous majority group could seize complete control over the body. - * Discussion can become interrupted by the process moving too quickly to a vote. - * People may feel less personally invested in the outcome from the other two systems (especially where they voted against the decision that was reached). +* Parliamentary Procedure is a highly organized system of decision-making, governed by a fixed set of rules (such as Robert's Rules of Order). + * Advantages: + * Highly structured set of rules governs discussion, preventing personal attacks and the like from becoming commonplace, and reducing ambiguity. + * Generally requires a quorum of members present, to prevent the risk of a clandestine meeting held to push through a small group's agenda. + * Majority voting provides a clear, objective way to measure when a decision has been reached when a question is called to a vote. + * Disadvantages: + * Minority viewpoints can be overridden by votes, leading to a situation where an unscrupulous majority group could seize complete control over the body. + * Discussion can become interrupted by the process moving too quickly to a vote. + * People may feel less personally invested in the outcome from the other two systems (especially where they voted against the decision that was reached). ##References